When the AWIND MobiShow made its debut at the September 2008 DEMO Conference for emerging technology, this wireless number raised the bar for business presentations everywhere. Thanks to their innovative wireless Projection-to-Go technology, you can project a PowerPoint presentation straight from your mobile phone with all the included transitions preserved and the phone acting as a remote to cycle through the pages. The MobiShow itself acts as a conduit between your smartphone’s proprietary software and a TV or projector through Wi-Fi capability. The MobiShow can also become a wireless access point, which essentially turns a cell phone into a computer and gives you the ability to upload your presentation from the device. All in all it means one thing: 1,024 x 768 XGA resolution presentations without the use of a PC.

Obviously, being able to take your presentations on the road wherever they’re needed without relying on whatever hodgepodge of a projector system is waiting for you at your destination is greatly appreciated. The MobiShow puts you in total control of all aspects of your presentation, including its delivery. It works on AWIND’s new mTVic platform, which has the ability to stream videos stored on your cell phone into your presentation, even while the mobile’s in use. The mTVic will integrate various other applications into the MobiShow programming, including internet streaming TV and a video subscription service for communities on the web. It will be open source and open to programmers soon.

The shelf life of the MobiShow is difficult to predict since it hasn’t been released on the market yet, but given that this technology is the first of its kind, we can tell that many companies will be salivating over the possibility of arming entire sales teams with it. No more ordering the technology cart from a dusty media center because now PowerPoint presentations are more personal than ever before, thanks to a box called a MobiShow and a Wi-Fi connection. No more sweating in the big meeting, because it’s finally all in the palm of your hand.